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Saudi Arabia Executing People at 'Unprecedented Rate' (Original Post)
circlethesquare
Mar 2015
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Yet it is Iran that is being demonized by the servile American media? The media is worse than useless.
jamzrockz
(1,333 posts)2. Not just Iran
Venezuela, Syria and Libya. There a lot of hate put on leader of countries who do not follow the script written by Washington.
raindaddy
(1,370 posts)3. They have oil!
Even the likelihood the funding for 9/11 came from Saudi Arabia makes no difference.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)4. This is what is done in ''kingdoms.''
Since the people are themselves the property of and subject to the king. He can do with them as he pleases. And the fact that such a place is an integral part of our own security shouldn't worry anyone's little head.
- This is the world of RealPolitick, where deals with devils and monsters area standard course.
Riyadh has executed 38 people this year so far, a figure about three times the number during the same period in 2014. Figures show that after Saudi Arabia carried out 27 executions in 2010, the number rose to about 80 the following years. Last year 87 executions were recorded.
Saudi authorities say the beheadings reveal the Saudi governments commitment to maintaining security and realizing justice. However, the rights group said it is unrealistic to assume the rise in the executions is an attempt to counter violence as nearly half of the executions were over drug-related crimes. link
Saudi authorities say the beheadings reveal the Saudi governments commitment to maintaining security and realizing justice. However, the rights group said it is unrealistic to assume the rise in the executions is an attempt to counter violence as nearly half of the executions were over drug-related crimes. link
People take drugs to either escape their reality or create a new one. But these latter-day kings of oil and terrorism can't afford to let others see their people escaping them in this way. It's so much more effective for them when they use their own form of escape on these people. The permanent kind of escape that keeps all the others in-line:
K&R
maindawg
(1,151 posts)5. They should just allow these people to leave
Exile rather than execute. Maybe someday the rest of the world will put pressure on the Saudis to change their policy.They are breaking world laws here.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)6. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!